Chapter 373: Generation After Generation (II)
This pill was a pale red color, slightly smaller than the previous one, with a smooth and round surface. After flipping it over a dozen times, Li Yuanjiao could not find a single pattern on it.
I knew it! No wonder the Azure Pond Sect collects blood qi and resentment qi every year; most of them must be used for this! The Azure Pond Sect releases thousands of pills annually, sustaining half of the Yue State... How many circulate in the market?
Li Yuanjiao slowly closed his eyes, knowing that even within the Li Family, almost everyone had taken these pills. Only a few from the generation of Xi and Yue, who had just started cultivating, had not yet taken any...
Seeing his brother's inexplicable expression, Li Yuanping grew extremely anxious. Li Yuanjiao spoke in a low, deep voice, "Brother Ping, all the pills released by the Azure Pond Sect are made using mortal blood qi... Their high-level techniques remove the resentment qi, leaving only the blood qi and essence qi, making it just another ingredient, letting it go unnoticed by people… That pill Granduncle took back then was not an Essence Gathering Pill. The Chi Family knew Lord Chejing would never take that pill but would leave it for our family. They used another's immortal foundation to specially refine it... It might have been the Boundless Ocean!"
After explaining his deductions in detail, Li Yuanping stood still, staring at his brother, speechless for several moments. He slowly sat down, his face bewildered, muttering, "We have all consumed them… Every cultivator in Yue State takes these pills… The Azure Pond Sect has existed for five hundred years. Rogue cultivators, sect cultivators, clan cultivators—whether they know it or not—have been consuming these pills for generations! I have taken them, my father took them, my grandfather took them, and so did our ancestors… You and I... we have been eating humans, and we are also descendants of those who eat humans."
After finally processing this shocking news, he trembled and asked, "In your opinion, do any other clans know?"
"I have no idea."
Li Yuanjiao shook his head slowly, his expression complex, and said, "It is hard to say about the Yuan Family, but Xiao Yuansi is a righteous gentleman and must be unaware of this. As for the Xiao Family, having dominated for so many years, I cannot believe… not a chance, that they do not know."
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